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MANDRAKE PADDLE STEAMER"Pandemonium Shadow Show"(Sommor SOMM045)
Brand new limited edition vinyl LP + MP3 download.
Unlike other 60s British bands who changed their music to 'psychedelic' or 'progressive' with the time, MPS were born progressive from day one. Formed in 1967 in Walthamstow by a core of art school students, their members were Brian Engel, Martin Briley, Paula Riordan, Martin Hooker and Barry Nightingale (later replaced by David Potts).
During their short lifespan (1967–1970), MPS supported big names like Pink Floyd, The Nice and Vanilla Fudge. They played at the Isle Of Wight Festival, had a residence at the Star Club in Germany and ran their own club night (Asgard).
Signed to the Parlophone label (though the band was aiming to be part of the more progressive Harvest imprint) they released the "Strange Walking Man" 45 in 1969, recorded at Abbey Road and now widely considered a lost British psychedelic classic (check Rubble, Perfumed Garden, etc). Due to lack of promotion and interest from their record label, the 45 went nowhere. After some line–up changes and shortening their name to just Mandrake, the band definitively split in 1970.
"Pandemonium Shadow Show" collects previously unreleased studio recordings (taken from original reels and acetates) made during 1968/1970 at various London studios such as Regent, Orange and other unknown locations. Some of these tracks had been previously included on several bootleg albums with inferior sound quality / wrong titles and others have remained unreleased until now...
Superbly presented in front-laminated 'flipback' sleeve with extensive 8-page booklet, factory-sealed from new.
Tracks:— Pandemonium Shadow Show Solitair Husk Stella Mermaid The World Whistles By Upminster Windows Doris The Piper The Doorway To January Simple Song The October Country